Guess if your cycle isn't regular, Fitbit/Google no longer cares

[attyalm]

I have been a loyal Fitbit owner and used the Fitbit menstrual cycle feature for years to track my women's health. I am now in those perimenopausal years where things aren't regulate and wrapped up in a nice pretty cycle bow anymore. It was already frustrating to see how bad Google made the cycle tracking by making it clunky and not easily viewable of my cycle, symptoms, and other notes I may have added. But now I go to mark that I have started my period and it won't let me, saying it is "too close to another recorded cycle" and instructing me to "update or delete my previous cycle." You can't be serious! This feature has truly been my lifeline to my gynecologist with concerns and updates and now I can't even record accurate information. This is incredibly disappointing. Clearly the designers of the new layout don't have uteruses. There are several other smartwatches on the market. When my current fitbit dies, I will be looking elsewhere if the Google women's health features aren't actually geared towards women's health.

[mwlimelite]

YES!! Incredibly frustrated and angry that this was changed, clearly by individuals without a **ahem**! Fitbit, not all women's cycles fit into a box and it's NOT YOUR PLACE to tell me I can't log a period because it's too close to the last one! That's the whole reason I need this!

Here's a little lesson for Fitbit (most certainly male) techs - during and after menopause, if you bleed in between regular cycles, it means something is wrong that needs investigation - up to and including CANCER. It's important for us to be able to log this!!! Please eliminate this stupid limitation!

[attyalm]

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Amen! I am actually having an ultrasound next week to try to figure out
what's going on. But I had to go back to the ole times of pen and paper to
track my cycle.

Wake up Google/Fitbit!!! You have a community of hormonal women trying to
stay healthy and tackle women's health issues and you are blatantly
hindering us. Don't be surprised when you track your user trends and see
women of a certain age group leaving this platform.

~ Amber ~